Cord holder and take-up for electric irons



CORD HOLDER AND TAKE-UP FOR ELECTRIC IRONS Filed Nov. 4, 1955 I llZllllll I 111 rnllllll/I/I/L all I A I 0 r ll! u 1 HJVENTOR ATTORNEYPatented July 7, 1936 UNITED STATES CORD'HOLDEB AND TAKE-UP FOR ELECTRICIRONS Edmond FrancisCraig,1filliiie;-hlo, assignor of two-fifths Cherics8. Douglass, Wheeling,

Application November 4, 1935, Serial No.'48,238 lClaim. (01.248-51) Thisinvention relates to att'achments for ironing boards and moreparticularly to a cord holder and take up for electric irons.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich will hold the electric cord out of the way or the operator so thatit 0 I does not interferewith the ironing operation and at the same timewill not be cumbersome or add to the exertion incident to ironing.

'A further object of the invention is to promote a saving on electriccords due to the cord being held up out of the way and not being allowedto rub against the ironingboard or other objects.

A further object is to provide a device of this character including abracket having a horizontal arm adapted to be attached to the undersideof the ironing board and having a vertical arm which extends above theironing board and to which is pivotally mounted a rod for carrying thecord, the rod being spring retracted so as to be raised to the verticalwhen in neutral position so as to be out of the way and leave theironing board free for replacement of ironed articles with I articles tobe ironed.

A further object is to provide a device oi this character which will beformed of a few strong, simple, durable, and inexpensive parts, whichwill be easy to manufacture, and which will not easily get out of order.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel details of constructionand combinations of partshereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood thatvarious-modifications may be resorted to 35 within thescope of theappended claim without departih from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe adva tages of the invention.

Inthe accompanying drawing forming part of this specification,

Figure 1' is a side elevation of a cord holder andtake up for electricirons constructed in accordance, with the invention and shown applied toan ironing board.

Figure 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional 45 view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure2.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the device with the rod removed.

Figure 6 is a detail cross sectional view taken on the line 86 of Figure1.

Referring now to the drawing in which like 65 characters of referencedesignatesimilar parts in the various views, the device is shown tocomprise an angle bracket 9 having a horizontal am III which is adaptedto be secured to the underside of the wide end of an ironing board I I,by screws l2 and having a vertical arm l3 which extends .above theironing board and is provided with a flange M which extendsperpendicular to the arm l3, as best shown in Figure 5.

A U-shapedholder I5 is pivotally mounted at a point between its legs I6on the flange H by means of a. pivot bolt [1, best shown in Figures 2and 4.

A rod I8 is removably mounted in openings! in the legs of the holder, astop collar 2|] being formed on the rod to bear against the upper leg ofthe holder and removably support the rod upon the holder. The upper endof the rod terminates in ahookji.

The hook is provided with a U-shaped clamp 22 to receive the cord 23, ofthe electric iron 23'. The legs of the clamp are connected by a bolt 24to which is secured a plurality of links 25 of a chain, the terminallink of which is hooked over the hook 2!.

A resilient clamp 26 is provided with spaced split rings 21 and 28, theformer being adapted to be adjustably fitted upon the rod l8 and thelatter being adapted to clamp the cord 23 to the rod, asbest shown inFigure 1.

A helical spring 29 is secured at one end to the bracket 9 by a bolt 30and is secured at the other end to the lower leg it of the holder id,for this purpose a, book 3! on the spring being engaged in an opening 32formed in the leg, as best shown in Figure 2. The spring is tensionedwhen the arm 28 is pulled downward to the dotted line position shown inFigure 1 by moving the electric iron 23 toward the small end of theironing board and stores up energy to return the rod IE to the verticalposition when the operator returns the electric iron toward the wide endof the ironing board. A casing 33 is mounted on the horizontal leg illof the bracket within the angle formed by the arm l3 and flange M, asbest shown in Figure 5. The casing is provided with a cover 34 which isremovably attached in position by means of screws 35. The cover isprovided with slots 36 to receive the prongs of aplug cap 38 attached tothe end of the cord Within the casing aconventional lever switch 39 ismounted by (means of .screws 40 passed through lugs II on the switchhousing, the lever 42 of the switch projecting through an opening in thetop of the casing 50 as to be conveniently reached by the operator. Areceptacle II is mounted in the casing below the switch by means ofscrews 44 passed through l s I projecting from the receptacle. A cable46 is connected to the receptacle and switch and is equipped with a plugcap I! which may be plugged into any convenient outlet in the usualmanner to supply current through the receptacle and switch to the cord23.

Movement of the arm I! under urge or the spring 29 is limited by contactof the arm with a stop pin 48 which projects outwardly from the flangeI.

From the above description it will be seen that an extremely simple cordholder and take up for electric irons has been provided and that inoperation the electric iron may be maneuvered upon the ironing boardwithout any danger of entanglement with the cord since the arm llautomatically follows the movements of the iron through the pivotalconnection I! and the loose connection formed by the chain II.

It is thought that the construction and operation of the invention willbe fully understood without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

A cord holder and take up for electric irons 5 comprising a brackethaving a horizontal member and an upright member, means for securing thehorizontal member to an ironing board, a holder pivotally mounted at apoint between its ends on the upright member, said holder being 10provided at its upper and lower ends with lateral flanges having alignedopenings therein, an arm removably disposed in the openings and having astop collar bearing upon the upper flange, a hook at theupper end oi thearm, an 15 electric cord carried by the hook, and a spring secured atone end to the lower end of the holder and at the other end to thebracket and tending to support the holder and the arm in verticalposition. 20

EDMOND FRANCIS CRAIG.

